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H. EPPELSHEIMER. MEANS FOR OBTAINING ACCESS TO FIRES IN BUILDINGS.

No. 869,686. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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HENRY EPPELSHEIMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOFREDERICK W. SCHULTZ, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MEANS FOR OBTAINING ACCESS TO FIRES IN BUILDINGS.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,636, datedSeptember 6, 1887.

Application filed May '7, 1887. Serial No. 237,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENR EPPELSHEIMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for ObtainingAccess to Fires in Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore in the event of fire occurring in [O a closed building thefiremen, in order to obtain access, would break in either windows ordoors, or both, to gain admittance for the hosenozzle. The disadvantageof this procedure is that a draft of air is at once admitted, which I 5greatlyincreases the flames.

This invention therefore relates to a firehose port or opening for thewalls of buildings, the object of which is to provide aready means ofaccess in case of fire for the pipe of while the hose-nozzle may readilybe entered through the wall,the opening will not be large enough toadmit any great volume of air to augment the flames within.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is aview of a building, showing the hosenozzle ports applied tothe walls. one form of the port. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig.4 is a section of a wall and a port in position in the wall. Fig. 5is asection of a wall and a port of modified construction.

The hose-110zzle ports consist of small openings in the wall A andclosed by glass plates a. The size of the opening may vary according tothe thickness of the wall. For instance, for a nine inch wall theopening may be from four to six inches in diameter, and for thicker 4owalls the size of the opening may be in creased, the object being tohave the size sufficient to admit the hose-nozzle,and also afford asight or inspection of the fire, but to avoid having the port so largeas to admit any con siderable airdraft. It will be seen, also, thatthese ports are too small to afford an entrance for thieves.

The construction of the fire-hose port comprises a frame, tube, orthimble, B, having a neck of any suitable shape to fit tight in thefire-hose, the construction being such that Fig. 2 is a side view ofopening in the wall, and having a rabbet, b,

to receive the glass to, which maybe secured to its position in anysuitable or convenient mannerfor instance, by putty, c. The tube, frame,or thimble B may be made of wood, metal, or stone.

In Fig. 5 the port is shown as comprising a short neck, d, which fits inthe wall-opening far enough to secure it to its position, and the glassa, attached to the said neck,is flush with 6 the surface of the wall. Ametal neck and a glass of this form may be fitted in the opening ateither one or both sides of the wall.

The preferred way of constructing the fire port is shown in Fig. 4. Herea tube, B, passes through the wall A, and said tube constitutes theopening through the wall. At each end of the tube a glass plate, a, isattached, and said glasses are flush with the outer and inner surfacesof the wall, respectively. The two glasses thus separated inclose thespace through the wall and prevent the accumula' tion in the tube oropening of dirt, and thus the tube or opening in the wall is kept in themost favorable condition for inspecting a fire and for admitting ahose-nozzle. Another advantage of two glasses with a space between isthat in case of fire if one be accidentally broken the other will keepthe open ing closed.

In the event of fire in a building thus provided the glazed fire-portswill afford a suf' ficient inspection to enable the firemen to locatethe fire, and then with the end of the hose-pipe nozzle the glass may bepunched 85 out and thehose-pipe introduced for throwing water.

I am aware that a door has been provided with a peep-tube having at eachend glasses, the outer one being of colored glass, the in 0 nor glassbeing covered with a pivoted disk; also, that said peep-tube is madetapering at its outer end, so that it can be wedged in an opening orhole of a door, and I'do not claim such a device, my construction of atube be- 5 ing substantially of a uniform diameter and of a lengthcorresponding to the thickness of the wall in which it is designed to beinserted, for the purpose herein described.

Having described my invention, I claim and mo desire to secure byLetters Patentof the United glazing, and unobstructed by other covering,States as and for the purposes set forthl [O In a building, the wallthereof provided In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein with a portor ports, as described, said ports the presence of two witnesses.

5 being of a size adapted to admit a hose-nozzle HENRY EPPELSHEIMER.

and permit inspection of a fire within and ex- Witnesses: elude freedrafts of air, said ports being also JOHN E. MoRRIs, normally closed bya frangible and translucent J NO. T. MADDOX.

